fortunate

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for·tu·nate /ˈfɔːtʃənət $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 LUCKYsomeone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation 幸运的 SYN lucky

fortunate to do something

I’ve been fortunate to find a career that I love.

我是幸运的，找到了自己喜欢的职业。

I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.

我真幸运，取得了斯坦福大学的研究生奖学金。

fortunate in doing something

She felt fortunate in being able to please herself where she lived.

在自己住的地方能随心所欲，她觉得很幸运。

fortunate that

I’m fortunate that I have such an understanding wife.

有这样一位通情达理的妻子，我很有福气。

more/less fortunate than somebody

We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers.

我们比许多农场主幸运多了。

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2 LUCKYa fortunate event is one in which something good happens by chance, especially when this saves you from trouble or danger 巧合的，偶然发生的；侥幸的 SYN lucky

By a fortunate coincidence, a passer-by heard her cries for help.

所幸正巧有个过路人听到了她的呼救。

3 the less fortunate people who are poor 穷苦人

We should all consider the plight of the less fortunate.

我们都应考虑到穷人的困境。

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the less fortunate• The organization is collecting canned food to help the less fortunate.• He devoted his time to prayer and aiding the less fortunate.• It should be spending them on the less fortunate.• Phoenix officials often talk of the helping hand they give to the less fortunate.• The proposals include a comprehensive programme of security and protection for all those engaged in helping the less fortunate.• In the wider world we examine the great differences between countries like our own and the less fortunate poor world.• Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?• His capacity to persuade people to pay attention to the plight of the less fortunate was constant.

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fortunate• David managed to escape, but the others were not so fortunate.• People have been very helpful - I'm very fortunate.• We were ever so fortunate as to recover your collection intact.• It was a fortunate coincidence that the police were passing by just then.• Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.• The Gala youngster acknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way.• He had been fortunate in getting the job with Joe Maitland, he had to admit.• Some children are fortunate in that their parents or teachers provide an excited audience for their ideas and plot lines.• The library media specialist is, in the midst of these dilemmas, in a unique and fortunate position.• This Christmas, I sincerely hope your hearts will go out to those less fortunate than yourselves.• You are very fortunate that I don't make you actually sit in the real sea.• It is extremely fortunate that there was no-one in the building when the bomb went off.• Others are fortunate to find supportive faculty, administrators, and fellow students.• I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are extremely motivated.

fortunate to do something• I consider myself fortunate to be housed here, fortunate to be going to college.• Another case of hard-hearted capitalists pushing aside the less fortunate to enhance their investments?• It is unusual to find documentary evidence earlier than the fifteenth century, and extremely fortunate to find actual details of buildings.• I've been fortunate to have done a lot of traveling.• He was just a very extraordinary man and I was very fortunate to have had those twelve years.• I count myself fortunate to have known him.• And if that were not enough, I was fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful towns in the state.

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